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2019 Leadership in History Award Winners
AASLH is proud to announce the winners of the 74th annual Leadership in History Awards, the most prestigious recognition for achievement in [...]
#AASLH2019: Come Early and Stay the Weekend
Since this year’s conference ends on Labor Day weekend, consider bringing family and friends and enjoying the long weekend or coming [...]
Truth-Telling: Frances Willard and Ida B. Wells
By Lori Osborne, Director, Frances Willard House Museum, Evanston, IL In 1894 and 1895, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) President Frances Willard [...]
34 AASLH Members Receive Over $2.5 Million in NEH Grants
In December, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) announced that it will award $12.8 million in grants for 253 humanities projects [...]
StEPs Spotlight: La Crosse County Historical Society
Exciting changes are happening at the 980 organizations taking part in the StEPs program (Standards and Excellence Program for History [...]
What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?
January 1. The start of a new year. In my work life, most of my planning revolves around July 1 [...]
Join AASLH at Museums Advocacy Day 2018
Members of the AASLH Council, AASLH President John Dichtl, and External Relations Coordinator John Marks invite you to join them [...]
The Legacy of Dime Museums and the Freakshow : How the Past Impacts the Present
This article was originally published in the Autumn 2013 issue of History News magazine. You can read the article in PDF format here: Stringer, Autumn 2013. I began [...]
A Guide to Women’s History at the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting
Mark your schedules! In one month, the 2016 AASLH/MMA Annual Meeting will begin. Here is a guide to Women’s History sessions and events: Thursday, September 15 [...]
House or Home? Rethinking the House Museum Paradigm
Wheelwright House, Strawbery Banke Museum At their best, historic sites and house museums provide meaningful and personal touchstones to the past. They provide [...]
Cemetery Preservation & Interpretation: A Resource Collection
Here is a collection of all AASLH resources on preserving and interpreting historic cemeteries. For more resources on a wide range of subjects, visit our Resource [...]
Gotta Catch ‘Em All: The Battle over Pokémon Go in Museums
Given the positive and negative stigma surrounding Pokémon Go I decided to write a follow-up to my original blog, “Engaging New Museum Audiences with Pokémon [...]
Free Digital Preservation Workshop in Atlanta- Oct 10
On Monday, October 10, 2016, the Digital POWRR Team will be conducting a FREE workshop at the Atlanta History Center in Atlanta, GA entitled From Theory [...]